Staff Profile

Career Summary

Biography

S. O. Reza Moheimani received a BSc degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from shiraz University, Iran in 1990. He then moved to Australia and completed a MEngSc and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering at the University of New South Wales in 1993 (at UNSW's Kensington Campus, in Sydney) and 1996 (at UNSW's Australian Defence Force Academy Campus in Canberra), respectively. Following completion of his Ph.D. he was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, Australia.

In 1997 he took up an academic position at the University of Newcastle, where he is currently a Professor and an Australian Research Council Future Fellow in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He founded, and directs, the Laboratory for Dynamics and Control of Nanosystems, a multi-million-dollar state-of-the-art research facility dedicated to the advancement of nanotechnology through innovations in systems theory, control engineering and mechatronics. From 2003 - 2010 he served as the Associate Director of Centre for Complex Dynamic Systems and Control (CDSC), an Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence.

His research has ranged across many areas including robust control theory and robust state estimation of uncertain dynamic systems, applications of control and estimation in nanoscale positioning systems for high-speed scanning probe microscopy, smart structures, active control of noise and vibration, mechatronics and applications of control in microlectromechanical systems (MEMS) and in emerging data storage systems, in which he has published over 250 articles in scientific journals and conference proceedings, as well as several books and edited volumes.

He has served on the editorial boards of a number of journals, including IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Control Engineering Practice and International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems. He has contributed to the organization of and has chaired several international conferences and workshops. His research has been recognized by a number of international awards, including: IFAC Nathaniel B. Nichols Medal (2014), IFAC Mechatronic Systems Award (2013), IEEE Control Systems Technology Award (2009) and IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology Outstanding Paper Award (2007). He is a Fellow of IEEE, a Fellow of IFAC and a Fellow of the Institute of Physics (UK).

Further information about his research can be found on the following web page:

Qualifications

Master of Engineering Science, University of New South Wales, 15/10/1993

Research

Research keywords

Control

MIcro and Nano Systems

Smart Structures

Vibration and Noise Control

Research expertise

My main field of expertise is dynamics and control. My theoretical research interests encompass many aspects of robust control and estimation of uncertain dynamic systems, and modelling, identification and control of highly resonant systems. I have also been pursuing applications of the above theories in areas such as mechatronic systems, micro- and nano-systems and smart structures. This aspect of my research has involved a substantial experimental component in my laboratory for dynamics and control of nano-systems. I have also had extensive collaborations with industry (IBM Zurich Research Labs) and Government research organizations (DSTO). Recent research efforts have involved applying advanced control and signal processing methodologies to increase precision and operational bandwidth of scanning probe microscopes.

Fields of Research

Code

Description

Percentage

090600

Electrical And Electronic Engineering

65

010299

Applied Mathematics Not Elsewhere Classified

20

029999

Physical Sciences Not Elsewhere Classified

15

Memberships

Body relevant to professional practice.

Senior Member - Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Vice-Chair of Technical Committee on Mechatronic Systems - International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)

Moheimani SO, Devasia S, Elefrheriou E, 'Introduction to the special issue on dynamics and control of micro- and nanoscale systems (Editorial)', IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 15 799-801 (2007) [C3]

Moheimani SOR, 'Experimental verification of the reduced order transfer function of a piezoelectric laminate beam', Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 3 2587-2592 (1999)

1999

Reza Moheimani SO, 'Minimizing the effect of out of bandwidth dynamics in the models of reverberant systems that arise in modal analysis: implications on spatial H8 control', Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2 1089-1094 (1999)

Bazaei A, Moheimani SOR, 'Realization of a class of compensators by modulated-demodulated structures with application in tracking of biased sinusoids', Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Washington, DC (2013) [E1]

Yong YK, Fleming AJ, Moheimani SO, 'Vibration and tracking control of a flexure-guided nanopositioner using a Piezoelectric strain sensor', First International Conference on Manipulation, Manufacturing and Measurement on the Nanoscale (3M-Nano 2011), Changchun, China (2011) [E2]

Gawthrop PJ, Bhikkaji B, Moheimani SO, 'Physical-model-based control of a Piezoelectric tube scanner', Proceedings of the 17th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control, Seoul, Korea (2008) [E1]

Mahmood IA-T, Liu K, Moheimani SO, 'Two sensor based H 8 control of a piezoelectric tube scanner', Proceedings of the 17th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control, Seoul, Korea (2008) [E1]

Moheimani SO, Vautier BJG, Bhikkaji B, 'Multivariable PPF Control of an Active Structure', Proceedings of the 44th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, and the European Control Conference 2005, Seville, Spain (2005) [E1]

Halim D, Moheimani SO, 'Spatial Control of Flexible Structures - Application of Spatial H~ control to a Piezoelectric Laminate Beam', Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Arlington, Virginia (2001) [E1]

Moheimani SO, 'Minimizing the Effect of out of Bandwidth Dynamics in the Models of Reverberant Systems that arise in Modal Analysis: Implications on Spatial H(infinity) Control', Proceedings of the 38th Conference on Decision and Control, Phoenix, Arizona USA (1999) [E1]

1999

Moheimani SO, 'Minimizing the Effect of Out of Bandwidth Modes in the Truncated Assumed Modes Models of Structures', Proceedings of the American Control Conference, San Diego, California, USA (1999) [E1]

Moheimani SO, Ryall T, 'Considerations on Placement of Piezoceramic Actuators that are used in Structural Vibration Control', Proceedings of the 38th Conference on Decision and Control, Phoenix, Arizona USA (1999) [E1]

1999

Moheimani SO, 'An Experimental Verification of the Reduced Order Transfer Function of a Piezoelectric Laminate Beam', Proceedings of the 38th Conference on Decision and Control, Phoenix, Arizona USA (1999) [E1]

1999

De Dona JA, Moheimani SO, Goodwin GC, Feuer A, 'Allowing for Over-Saturation in Robust Switching Control of a Class of Uncertain Systems', Proceedings of the 38th Conference on Decision and Control, Phoenix, Arizona USA (1999) [E1]

Moheimani SO, Pota HR, Petersen IR, 'Active control of noise and vibration in acoustic ducts and flexible structures - a Spatial Control approach', Proceedings of the 1998 American Control Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1998) [E1]

Moheimani R, Petersen I, 'Guaranteed cost control of uncertain systems with a time-multiplied quadratic cost function: An approach based on linear Matrix inequalities', Proceedings of European Control Conference, - (1997) [E1]